Saw Every Trap Novels & Stories

Cassian muttered, “Fantastic. So it’s a doomsday plan and we’re the babysitters. Perfect.” I pressed the binder to my chest. “Then we stop him. No matter what. No hesitation. No fear.” Suddenly, a hidden panel in the wall slid open with a mechanical hiss, revealing the next trap—a series of swinging blades, set to activate as soon as someone moved too far into the room. Sparks flew as metal groaned under tension. “Trap!” Lucian shouted, pulling us back. Adrian quickly analyzed the mechanism. “It’s mechanical. Precise. Timing is everything. Step incorrectly and—” He didn’t need to finish. The risk was clear.

Insidious and cowardly. “Crap. Yeah. Keep an eye out for these things, everyone. If you see something, say something. We need to know where they are, so we don’t trigger what ever activates them. No one touches or tries to move them, either. Remember, they could be almost anything. Like the barrel there, they will look like a harmless piece of garbage.” Bethany’s voice betrayed her disgust at using such a trap. Magic wasn’t an easy way out of things. Everything came with consequences for the victim and the caster. This, she believed, was a coward trying to cover their tracks without forethought about what it would do to them and the world around them. “That sucks if we’re coming across traps

I went into the apartment after shutting down her security system and got straight to work. Fifteen minutes later I had nearly everything done aside from two traps. The last one would be on the door to seal after Ruby enters, and the one I was working on at that moment would prevent the balcony doors from opening. I was just fixing it into place when Tony texted, “Red alert.” I tried to hurry up and finish with the trap in my hand when it suddenly exploded in my face.

All except Damian, who was still camping in the safe room while updating everyone’s position and mapping the floor for Zen’s gaming guide. “I don’t know,” Jessica replied. “It stuns the slime and disintegrates it when it crosses into the trap zone.” The new type of trap made Zen excited. It could not be a red herring if the traps were stronger. Something special was awaiting them. “It could be a rare encounter,” Zen concluded. “Do not engage in battle. It’s safer to have everyone assemble before attempting to clear that zone. Damian, could you guide Charlie and Remi over? We’ll need you to leave that safe zone and join us.”

My lips twitched into a smirk and nodded my head to him. “Setting traps. I do love setting them. People are always very easy to catch with them,” I said. My boys felt entirely amused with that tidbit of information. They knew how well I laid a trap that always caught its prey each and every time. It took a few hours, but we finally came up with the perfect plan.

"Fine, I'll go. I want to see what tricks she's up to!" Yoel stormed off, heading back to the basement. My soul floated behind him, following his steps. Back in that dark, damp room, I shivered. Even as a soul, the fear of being imprisoned was still deeply ingrained in my mind.

Lucas: They started deleting files. Ava: Log everything. Lucas: Already done. Ava smiled faintly. The trap was closing. Slowly. Perfectly.

Suddenly, from one of the side chambers, a flash of light. “Trap—!” Sang-woo grabbed Soo-ah and shoved him aside as a net of electric currents surged toward them. The charge struck Sang-woo in the side, causing him to collapse with a gasp. “Sang-woo!” Soo-ah dropped to his knees, cradling him. “Stay with me.” “I’m fine,” he rasped. “Just...got a little cooked.” Devin blasted the source of the trap with a pulse grenade while Yuri jammed the alarms. Naelle covered them, eyes narrowing. “We’re out of time. Reinforcements are coming.”

To make sure we could get a clear look at the patient's face, the nurse deliberately found a front-facing angle, paused the footage, and zoomed in. When I saw the man in the footage sporting the same features and hairstyle as me, my mind went completely blank. The tourists who'd come along to watch the show were having a blast. "See that? Six consultations with the proctology department! They need to test him for STDs." "You got that right. Things wouldn't have gotten this ugly if he'd just admitted that he dated multiple women before." "How do you know he didn't date them all at the same time? What a mess this is, but how exciting for us!"

Security officers interviewed employees one by one. Rebecca reviewed staff schedules. Mrs. Brooks insisted everyone eat breakfast despite the tension. No one had much of an appetite. Just before ten o'clock, the head of security entered Julius's office. Valeria happened to be there. "So?" Julius asked. The man removed his cap. "We've finished reviewing every camera." "And?" His hesitation said enough. Rebecca looked up from her laptop. "What is it?" "The cameras recorded normally until 11:43 p.m." Julius remained silent.